The ''Basic Points Unifying the Theravāda and the Mahāyāna '' is an important
Buddhist
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ecumenical statement created in 1967 during the First Congress of the
World Buddhist Sangha Council
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(WBSC), where its founder
Secretary-General
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, the late
Venerable
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Pandita Pimbure Sorata Thera, requested the Ven.
Walpola Rahula
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to present a concise formula for the unification of all the different Buddhist traditions. This text was then unanimously approved by the Council.
Text of the original document
Expansion of the formula
Ven. Walpola Sri Rahula in 1981
offered an alternative to the Nine-point formula above restating it as follows:
See also
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* 22 Vows of Ambedkar
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* Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
* Abhayamudra
* Abhibhavayatana
* Abhidhajamahāraṭṭhaguru
* Abhidhamma
* Abhidhamma Pitaka
* Abhijatabhivamsa
* Abhijna
* Acala
* Acariya
* Access to Insight
* Achar ( ...
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Secular Buddhism
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World Buddhist Forum
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World Fellowship of Buddhists
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Notes
References
* Rahula, Walpola (1974). ''The Heritage of the Bhikkhu''. NY: Grove Press; pp. 100, 137-8.
* The Young Buddhist, Singapore : Buddha Yana Organization, 1982, p. 161 -163
External links
World Buddhist Sangha Council homepage
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